Quart de Poblet

Quart de Poblet (Valencian: [ˈkwaɾd de poˈblet]; Spanish and unofficially: Cuart de Poblet [ˈkwaɾ(ð) ðe poˈβlet]), or simply Quart (Valencian: [ˈkwaɾt]; Spanish: Cuart [ˈkwaɾ(t)]), is a municipality in the comarca of Horta Sud in the Valencian Community, Spain. It has 25,499 inhabitants (NSI 2009).

Located between the Valencian Horta Sud, the area surface is completely flat. The Túria river crosses the municipality by north and on the west runs the Rambla del Poio. The climate is Mediterranean, with rainfall in autumn and spring, the prevailing winds are west and east.

The main lines of traffic at west of the metropolitan area of Valencia ply the municipality of Quart of Poblet. Thus, both the town and the many industrial sites are connected by highway with other surrounding municipalities and large capacity roads.

The Renfe train station Operadora, in the old C-4 line Valencia North – Riba-Roja de Túria was adapted to line 5 of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana inaugurated on April 18, 2007, a new section connecting Quart de Poblet with Valencia metro system.

In addition, several Metrobus lines connect Quart de Poblet with Valencia and other locations (see links).

Quart de Poblet includes the following neighborhoods:

The municipality of Quart de Poblet limits with the localities of Aldaia, Xirivella, Chiva, Manises, Mislata, Paterna, Riba-roja de Túria, and Valencia. All from the Province of Valencia.

Quart de Poblet was probably founded by the Romans. The historian Euriclidión describes in his work how neighbors of Quartum helped Hannibal's army at be paralyzed by the River. Its name derives from the Latin word quartum miliarium, which refers to the distance that separates it from Valencia. As vestiges of that era survive remains of the Roman bridge and the aqueduct Els Arquetes.